Opinion That Matters
New Delhi/Washington: Several civil rights activists and organizations from India and the US on Monday urged the Supreme Court to give bail to former police officer Sanjiv Bhatt. At a virtual press conference organized by the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and Hindus for Human Rights, the organizations and activists argued that conviction of Bhatt […]
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Campaign Against State Repression demands the immediate release of Nodeep Kaur and strict action against the Haryana Police for targeting workers in the Kundli Industrial Area! By The Scribe Network New Delhi : On January 12th, the Haryana Police barged into the Majdoor Adhikar Sanghatan (MAS) tent erected in solidarity with the protesting farmers and […]
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The Scribe Network The “Coalition to Stop Genocide in India”, a broad coalition of Indian American and US-based civil rights organizations organized protests on December 12 and 13, in several cities across the US demanding repeal of the pro-corporate farm laws as well as the draconian Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of […]
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By Abdur Rahman The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which was passed exactly one year ago by the Parliament, seeks to provide Indian citizenship to all non-Muslims who entered India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan until December 31, 2014. The Act which amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 aims to give or take away citizenship on the […]
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By Sonia Gandhi The world’s largest democracy is at the crossroads. That the economy is in deep crisis is clear. But what is less appreciated is that all the pillars of a democratic system of governance are under assault. The fundamental right to freedom of expression has been systematically suspended through suppression and intimidation. Dissent […]
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The Scribe Web Desk Dallas (TX) — Leading Indian American civil rights groups, which are dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist, democratic and secular values, on Sunday protested against the massive governmental coverup of the brutal rape and murder of a Dalit woman in the Hathras district of India’s Uttar Pradesh state last month. Holding placards […]
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By Special Correspondent New Delhi: Citizens for Democracy (CFD), a prominent forum of concerned Indians, on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to recall its contempt verdict against well-known lawyer Prashant Bhushan. It termed the judgment of the Supreme Court as “an assault on the freedom of speech”. In a statement, released by CFD general secretary […]
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By Dr.Aslam Abdullah If Ram Chandra were living in a modern secular democracy, or even in a religious state, he would languish in prison for the murder attributed to him by Ramayana. This Hindu sacred scripture tells his story and is the only source of his life. Written between the third and seventh century by […]
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By Dr. Prem Singh (1) “Members of the police shall exercise their functions, powers and duties as impartial servants of the general public and the Government of the day. … No member of the police may be ordered or forced to exercise his other functions or powers or deploy police resources to promote or undermine any […]
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New Delhi: Around 1,350 prominent Indians and civil society groups on Thursday condemned Delhi Police for interrogating and seizing the mobile phone of well-known writer and rights defenders Prof. Apoorvanand in connection with the anti- Muslim Delhi riots. They warned that if people do not rise against the attempts to muzzle the democracy today, then […]
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